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Tennis racket evolution
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Evolution of a tennis racket...
Aleksa Stojčić Y2A
The first racket ever!
Beginning
Creator and the racket characteristics
- Major Walter C. Wingfield, London, England in 1874
- He patented the game and called it a Sphairistiké– Greek for "ball games."
- Wingfield’s patent expired in 1877, allowing the game to further evolve.
- Racket was large
- Heavy between 13 and 14 ounces or (370 g & 400 g), -
- Made of solid wood - Mahogany, Maple, Oak, Teak & Walnut.
- Could deal with some severe damage
- Strings made out of the outer skin of ship intestines
Laminated wood racket
Next generation
Game changer characteristics
- Advances in laminating technology resulted in the first tennis racket made of laminated wood in 1947.
- Laminated wood - layers of wood glued or otherwise united with the grains parallel to form boards or timbers
- Dramatically increased the performance an durability of rackets which was seen as a major advancement.
STILL / METAL RACKETS
Still Racket
Characteristics
- 1957, René Lacoste - the first metal tennis racket.
- 1964, Wilson (the famous tennis racket company) bought the rights.
- 1967 T2000 Wilson metal racket head - 67 sq. inch (170 cm)
- 1969, Thomas Wilson catalog of the new metal racket generation
- Still production allowed for maximum power.
- By 1917, Wilson racket was fully composite and made of metal materials.
- Great Jimmy Connors adopted T2000 as his own racket.
Graphite racket
Graphite era
Characteristics
- Graphite is a lightweight material.
- Strength, stiffness, and good vibration absorption.
- Graphite fibers are combined with epoxy resins in order to be shaped into a tennis racquet form.
- Fiberglass is a common type of fiber-reinforced plastic using glass fiber.
- 1974 - The first graphite racket Trabert C-6 - The ProGroup, Inc. in the USA.
- 1976 - The Aldila Cannon.
- 1980 Dunlop launched the legendary Dunlop Max 200G.
- Dunlop Max 200G used by John McEnroe and Steffi Graf .
NEW ERA
Modern Rackets
The best players rackets
- Modern technologies applied
- Sheets and rolls of carbon fiber in climate-controlled rooms
- New iterations of graphite
- Completely updated computational design of flex and stiffness of frames.
- The Japanese-based company Yonex launched square-shaped isometric head.
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